. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DEU/7 
18 September 2008 
 (08-4356) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   GERMANY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature  Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Department 
IG I 6, POB 120629, 53048 Bonn 
Tel.: +49 22899 305 2470 or 2473, Fax +49 22899 305 3974 
e-mail: maileingang@bmu.bund.de ;website: www.bmu.bund.de  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   KN-Code: 2710 19 41, 
KN-Code: 3824 90 91, KN-Code: 3824 90 97, KN-Codes: 2711 12 11 – 2711 19 00, 
KN-Code: 2711 21 00, HS: 1507 - 1518 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Rechtsverordnung zur Neufassung der Zehnten Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-
Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Verordnung über die Beschaffenheit und die Auszeichnung der Qualitäten von Kraftstoffen – 10. BImSchV) (Ordinance on the Amendment of the 10th 
Ordinance on the Implementation of the Fede ral Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the 
Quality and Labelling of Fuels, 10th BImSchV)) (10 pages, in German).  
6. Description of content:   The ordinance increases in particular the minimum percentage of 
biodiesel in diesel fuel to adapt them to tec hnical progress. The increase is from the current 
5 per cent by volume of biodiesel to 7 per cent by volume. 
The quality requirements for transport fuels ar e standardized in DIN standards and have 
been incorporated into the Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For reasons of climate protection the Germ an government deems it proper to increase the 
minimum percentages of biofuels in the blends  of transport fuels as mentioned above to 
adapt to technical progress. Thus the course is  set for reducing the use of limited fossil 
resources.  G/TBT/N/DEU/7 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Zehnte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-
Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Verordnung über die Beschaffenheit und die Auszeichnung der Qualitäten von Kraftstoffen – 10. BImSchV) ( 10th Ordinance on the Implementation of the 
Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Quality and Labelling of Fuels, 10th 
BImSchV)), DIN EN 590, DIN 51628, DIN 51625, DIN 51624, DIN V 51605 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    November 2008 
January 2009 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature  Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Department 
IG I 6, Robert- Schuman-Platz 3, POB 120629, 53048 Bonn Tel.: +49 2289 9305 2470 or 2478, Fax +49 2289 9305 3974 
e-mail: maileingang@bmu.bund.de
; website: www.bmu.bund.de  
And at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/tbt/deu/08_2941_00_x.pdf